Most kind of you. [He takes a sugar cookie and shuts his puzzle index, setting it on the bench beside him.]
Here's one I quite like. You find yourself convicted of a crime in a land with strange customs. They present two jars to you: one contains 25 white balls, and the other contains 25 black balls. You are to be blindfolded and made to draw a ball from one of the jars. A white ball means you will be set free and a black ball means death.
Before you are blindfolded, however, you are given a chance to redistribute the balls between the two jars. This is merely a tradition, as it is thought to make no difference, but you know better. How should you redistribute the balls so as to maximize your chance of drawing a white ball?
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Here's one I quite like. You find yourself convicted of a crime in a land with strange customs. They present two jars to you: one contains 25 white balls, and the other contains 25 black balls. You are to be blindfolded and made to draw a ball from one of the jars. A white ball means you will be set free and a black ball means death.
Before you are blindfolded, however, you are given a chance to redistribute the balls between the two jars. This is merely a tradition, as it is thought to make no difference, but you know better. How should you redistribute the balls so as to maximize your chance of drawing a white ball?